The National tribune., 1887-10-27
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
Gleamings from National Headquar-
terS---NOtes from the Departments.
Reception 20 the National President-Senator Pal
mer, Gen. 4Iger and Col. Duilcld Join In the Con
ordinations

Reception to the National President-senator Pal
mer. Gen. lIger and Col. Dufiicld Join In the Con.
CALCULATIONS.
9" Looks for all the world like old war times"
"Weli. guess can doubt the loyalty OF
the women of Detroit and Michigan"
Great Scott just look at the nagsl"
These were the comments of veterans gathered
by Detroit Tribune reporter as lac stood in the
blaze of light and the fare Of bunting ut Barncs's
Hall the night of the reception i'm honor of Mrs.
Emma Stark Hampton, National President. w. re.
The hall wreathed and beautiied with
American flags of all sizes and various stages OF
preservation. On every hand the Stars and Stripes
| formed n canopy above the heads of the audience.
The platform was a bower of flags, diversified ut
intervals with plants aud blossoms. Ia the center
Of the platform a large armchair was draped with
a silk flag of aristocraiic pretensions.
The reception was rendered 10y the ladies OF Fair
banks Corps, which Mrs. Hampton has served rs
both President aud Secretary. Mrs. Adelaide Fair
banks Wallace, Corps President, presiding. Fair
banks Post and Corps bears the name Of Maj.
Fairbanks, her former husband. The addresses OF
welcome and congratulation rendered 10y the Presi
dent and Secretary were patriotic. womanly and
full OF feeling and appreciation. To these Mrs.
! Hampton replied ia broken yet eloquent tones.
She said the high honor which had been bestowed
upon her 10y her ACKNOWLEDGEMENT was wholly
unexpected, but none the less appreciated on that
account. She appreciated IL all the more because
| in honoring her the Convention had honored De
trolt aud Michigan. She not vain enough To
accept il altogether personal compliment. IL
was intended more As a compliment {" the repu;a-
tion which the workers of the Michigan Woman's
Relief Corps have acquired abroad. The speaker
believed that her great interest in the work arose
from the fact that ia her veins flows the blood OF
long line of soldiers Her grandfather had been n
soldier in the war Of the Revolution and later in
the wars of 1872 and with Mexico. A brother had
fallen la the battle OF the Wilderness and for more
than year aflerward had lain beneath the moan
ing Expresses of the Sunny South. Her lover. too,
had been at the front la the war Of the rebellion.
and for long, weary months had lancuished be-
tween prison walls. Her father a soldier Of the
cross, but IN his capacity of spiritual comforter lac
too had marched and suffered aud rejoiced with
the grand army of the boys in blue. Could anyone
wonder that she had learned TO love with all her
heart and soul the labors Of love embodied in the
mission Of the Relief Corps?
After Mrs Hampton had concluded her remarks
bouquets of rares; flowers, Senator Thomas Nj.
Palmer, Michigan's able exponent in the United
States Senate of the
RIGHTS OF WOMEN,
called 10 the platform as Chairman Of the even
ing. la view of what the Momnn's Relief Eorps
is now doing 10 secure just of pension leg
islaiOn for women who served their country in the
battehclds and hospitals Of the war, Senator
Falner's remarks were particularly appropriate.
He accepted the honor with his usual grace. be-
cause lac loved the - women" and was always will
ing 10 do anything that lac could To oblise them.
lie had not alluded 10 them ladies'" for the
reason that lac believed tlie term woman" was
broader and more appropriate. The Senator be-
lieNed The women TO be a power in the country.
Iliey could accomplish almost anything when
once they made up their minds to IL. They could
bring about any legislation desired. They could
tlttl OF ueltal congressman. hnNtfnore. 1TtNl-
dents-and senators, nj will. He believed with all
his heart in the work undertaken 10y the Womans
Relief Corps. He wished 1t even went further and
covered more ground Senator Palmer said lac
would like TO every noble woman Tho went To
/ the front TO and for the sick and the
wounded aud the dying during the war, literally
pcnsioucd. More Than this lac would Ike to zee
the aged mothers Of those who laid down their
lives for their country cared for ut the expense OF
the Government-every one of them who stood
In need of such assistance
Col. Henry NJ Duilield aud DIR. C. C. Younans
joined heartily in the congratulations. and before
the evening ex -tiovrrnnr Algcr. that
royal champion of the womau's Relief Cor,Is AR
rived the scene to pay his soldieTly tribute to
the National President aud the grand Order she
represents, have hurried through another engage
ment 10 be there.
Notable addresses were made 10y Mrs Col Rob
bins of Adrian, Department = V. l.. and National
Aid on the staff Of Mrs. kinne, and 10y AlieEigans
woman orator. Mrs. Sarah A. G. Plummcr. De-
partment President Each reviewed the able work
done by the National President. from the day of
her initiation up 10 her election at the magnificent
1t. Louis Convention. After each speech
clIesira, which denly slowed away beneath
the Stars aud Stripes la the gallery discourscd
National airs. the audience generally rising and.
in the melody.
The following stirring lines were presented at
the reception:
NATIONAL PRESIDENT AcRosTIc.
Each heart that loves you says God speed,"
May willing hearts surround you;
May every thought successful read.
Aud nought of harm confound you.
Since friendship il motto grand,
Hands stretching forth will greet you.
And loyalty thro out the land
May hasten forth To meet you.
Poor, sRddened hearts will claim your care,
The lives that war has marred;
OH Charity will do her share.
Now Michigan stands on guard.
Ada NJ. stoddard.
THANKS OF THE VETERANS.
Gen. Fairchild's handsome tribute TO the Wo-
mans Relief Corps rounds up what has been >
ax.h
and Burdett:
II has been my pleasant duty during the past
year carefully TO observe the methods and beneh-
tieut results of the operations of the Womans
Relief Corps. i have met thousands of It's mem
beers in every part Of the country, aud am pleased
20 be able 10 report that whatever can be done
within the limits of the fundameI tai law of that
society, these ladies are trying 10 accomplish.
The time has long since gone 10y when argu-
ment is required To demonstrate the great useful
of this Order Of noble women. The jealous,
thoughtful aud efficient labors Of the members
have been in the past. are now, and without doubt
will continue in the future TO be the most convinc
ing evidence that they are banded together for a
high and holy purpose.
THAT the organization has dispensed more than
$4,000 in charity during the past year is nothing
compared with the unceasing and tender sympathy
always extended To comrades in suffering, sorrow
aud distress, which woman alone knows how To
bestow.
Let us, for these noble and unselfsh services,
proner these loyal women our heartfelt thanks,
aud extend To them every encouragement in our
power. The corps has greatly increased ia useful
ness aud numbers from year TO year. under the
able administration of those to whom its interests
have been Entrusted. There has been increase of
50i Corps and II 7g3 members during the past year.
They expended during the period for
charity To individuals and Posts $50 Is aud had
on hand the close Of the fiscal year "A relief fund
of S3G, 9O0.72.
"Thai is a splendid record"
The following resolutions separately reported by
the Committee on Resolutions aud approved by
National Encampment. show how fully the En-
campment. representing $4,000 Union veterans,
Endorsed the views of the Commander i'll Chief
concerning the Woman's Relief Corps:
We recommend that the Grand Army OF the Re-
public most heartily indorse in every respect the
Moman's Relief Corps" The aid aud sustenance
rendered by these noble bodies Of women to our
comrades aud our families when sick, are never
10 be forgotten and your committee feel that this
Encampment cannot find words sufficient TO ex-
press their entire appreciation OF the good work
done by the Womans Relief Corps since the organ
izaiion. We recommend the adoption Of the fol-
lowing;
Whereas the twenty-frst annual Encampment
has learned Of a petition TO he laid before Con-
gress by the Womans Relief Corps for the relief Of
every woman regularly enlisted aud enrolled and
/ who remained six months la the service on the
| field or in the hospital; therefore, be il
" Resolved. That this Encampment express its
| sympathy with this movement calculated TO
tribute to the aid and comfort Of the noble band Of
| women nurses who succored the wounded, thereby
restoring 10 the ranks their homes those striker
| by disease"
FAREWELL RECEPTION.
DEAR TRIBUNE: farewell reception was ten
| dered by Appomnttox Relief Corps, No. 5, Oak
| land, Cal, TO Elizabeth Darcy Kline, National
President, previous To her departure for 81. Louis
/ TO hold the National Convention. W.RC. The re-
frcshment tables spread with that liberal
Productivity Characteristic Of Californians The